Category: NFC News

Giesecke & Devrient Wins Third Digital Tachograph Contract

Irish order for 100,000 Tachosmart cards runs until 2009 Munich/Dublin, April 6, 2005–International technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has been commissioned by the Department of Transport of the Republic of Ireland to supply 100,000 smart cards and the corresponding technological infrastructure for digital tachographs over the next five years. As of August 2005, EU…

SuperCom Announces Sale of Homeland Security SmartDSMS™ System to Columbus, Ohio, Authority

Mobile, Smart cardCard Solution Meets Growing Demand for Homeland Security Disaster Site Management Tools New York, NY, and Ra’anana, Israel, April 5, 2005–SuperCom, Ltd. (OTCBB: SPCBF.OB; Euronext: SUP), a leading provider of smart card and electronic identification (e-ID) solutions, today announced that the City of Columbus, Ohio, has selected SuperCom’s Smart Disaster Site Management System™…

ASK launches contactless SafeID reader

High speed reader for ID documents offers the same performance in ISO14443 type A and B Sophia-Antipolis, April 05, 2005–ASK announces the availability of its new 424 kbps contactless high speed reader for secure ID documents such as passports and visas. SafeID reader is based upon the generic software and hardware platform of all ASK…

Gemplus delivers SIM-based remote provisioning services to six additional wireless carriers in the U.S.

Gemplus’s Operation Center enables subscriber management services for a total of sixteen wireless carriers Luxembourg, Las Vegas, NEVADA, RCA Annual Convention, March 31, 2005–Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294–GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, today announces that U.S. wireless carriers Plateau Wireless, Douglas Communications, Endless Telecom, Farmers Wireless, Petrocom, LLC,…

HID Ships VertX CS–Managed Access Control for Central Stations

VertX CS Delivers Fully-Functional Managed Access Control with Central Station Automation Software from Bold Technologies, DICE Corporation and GE MAS IRVINE, Calif., March 30, 2005–HID, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced the company has begun shipping VertX™ CS. This new family of access controllers is…

Frost & Sullivan award recognizes ASK leadership in contactless smart cards

Sophia-Antipolis, March 21, 2005–ASK is the recipient of the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award in the contactless world smart card market. The award recognizes implementing superior market strategies and establishing itself as the market share leader. “The company has established itself as a leader in contactless shipments primarily through its successful participation in…

SCM’s Mobile e20 Reader is Certified for the MasterCard OneSMART™ Authentication Program

CeBIT, Hanover, Germany, March 11, 2005–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today announced that SCM’s e20 personal smart card reader for financial applications, has been certified by MasterCard International. The e20 reader was successfully tested against the MasterCard OneSMART™ Chip Authentication Program’s (CAP)…

Approximately 18 Million Contactless Chips Incorporating OTI’s Technology Delivered To The China ID Program

Fort Lee, NJ, March 15, 2005–On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV; Prime Standard [Frankfurt]: OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, today announced that approximately 18 million contactless ID smart card chips incorporating the OTI technology were delivered to the China ID…

MasterCard and Visa Agree to a Common Contactless Communications Protocol

Purchase, NY and San Francisco, CA, March 14, 2005–MasterCard International and Visa International today announced that they have reached an agreement to share a common communications protocol and associated testing requirements for radio frequency-based contactless payments at the point of sale. This protocol is based on the MasterCard® PayPass™ ISO/IEC 14443 Implementation Specification. Contactless payments,…

Smart System Technologies Adds Prepaid To Its Contactless Payment And

New York, NY, March 10, 2005–SMART System Technologies (SST), a leading provider of hosted contactless payment, loyalty and marketing solutions, announces a definitive agreement with Dexit Inc. (TSX: DXT), the creator and operator of the Dexit™ electronic payment facilitation service for everyday purchases. New York, NY, March 10, 2005–SMART System Technologies (SST), a leading provider…